Defense plans and production pace outlined by War Department
The War Department outlined defense mobilization showing about 150000 National Guardsmen inducted last fall and 20000 selectees in November December plus 10000 Reserve officers. Roosevelt announced aid routes to Britain and the Middle East, with a China mission and health measures for 250000 Chinese along the Burma road. Production goals cited sharp gains in tanks planes guns and mortars while civilian auto production faced cuts and defense contracts expanded.
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War Department
Ain
Britain
Russia
China
West Africa
Middle-Eastern
Roosevelt
The
Public Health Service
U. S. Medical Commission
Burma Road
U. S
Deanery Patterson
Syracuse
America
OPM
Office of Price Administration
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Studebaker
Hudson
Nash
Packard
Willys and Crosley
Hillman
Defense
Army
Navy
Henderson
Chester B. Treadway A Florida civic leader and official
Chester B. Treadway born May 13 1884 in Booneville Kentucky rose to prominence as public relations director for a Florida chain group and the Florida Chain Store Association. He lived in Tavares and worked in Orlando while holding numerous public roles including chairmanships on state planning and highway groups and service with the Justice Department and WPA. He married Effie Haskins in 1914 and has five children.
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Chester Blaine Treadway
Florida Chain Store Association
Booneville, Ky
Morgan J. Treadway
Treadway
Florida
University of Kentucky
Transylvania College of Law
Orlando
Wall Street
Tavares
Lake County
Chambers of Commerce
The
Lake
Florida State Road Department
Shultz
CWA
WPA
First State Planning Board
State Planning Board
State Tax
Florida Highway Users Council
Defense Savings Staff of
National Foundation For
Holland
Association of State Highway Officials
American Road Builders Association
State Defense Council
Effie ‘Haskins
Chester B. Treadway, Jr
Chester B. Treadway III
Mary
Margaret
Earl
David
Defense Unit To Drill At American Legion Conference
Company A of the Florida Defense Force will muster for a special drill at the Seventh District Conference of the American Legion Auxiliary and Sons of the Legion in Clermont on Sunday August 31. The unit traces its roots to the former Lake County Guard and is touted as the first temporary defense unit in the country. R E Berryman Clermont Post adjutant notes expected record attendance.
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Florida Defense Force
American Legion, Auxiliary and Sons of the Legion
Clermont
Lake County
Governor Holland to attend Crestview parade on Sept. 6
Spessard L. Holland is expected in the reviewing stand for the Crestview morning parade honoring the founding of Okaloosa County on September 6. The event celebrates local history with a citywide procession.
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Spessard L. Holland
Okaloosa County
Crestview
Magic and seductive propaganda tricks unseen by laymen
The line notes that magic and seductive propaganda share a common flaw their trickery often escapes detection by an average observer. It argues that laypeople struggle to recognize manipulation when presented persuasively and urges critical scrutiny of messaging.
Lake County Birthday Party Honors Dr. E. L. Schumacher
Dr. Edwin Leopold Schumacher of Eustis is honored in a Lake County birthday notice. Born August 29 1880 in New York City he studied in New York and Thurn Switzerland and graduated from Osteopathic College Kirksville MO. He moved to Florida in 1917 and Lake County in 1919. His recreation is swimming and he favors foods from direct supply.
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Edwin Leopold Schumacher
Eustis
New York City
Thurn
Switzerland
Osteopathic College
Kirksville
Schumacher
Florida
Lake County
William B Gibson a Lake County sheriff and grower
William B. Gibson of Lady Lake born September 2 1873 in North Carolina earned his first dollar picking cotton in Arkansas. He served as a police officer in St Louis Missouri and has been sheriff of Lake County. He is a citrus grower and real estate broker who came to Lake County Florida in 1917. His recreation is hunting and his favorite flower is the rose.
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William B. Gibson
Lady Lake
North Carolina
Billy Gibson
Arkansas
St. Louis
Lake County
Mr. Gibson
Florida
Lake County in Florida Highways magazine feature
The August issue of Florida Highways showcases three Lake County photographs from the Lake County Chamber of Commerce Tavares. One image shows workers picking Sea Island cotton in a county field, another features a county girl tasting grapes, and a third captures Governor Holland with Nathan Mayo and William L. Wilson observing cotton ginning.
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Lake County
Florida Highways
State Road Department
Nathan Mayo
William L. Wilson
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Lake Region Association
Florida Citrus Exchange
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Lake County Pictures
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